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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 6126
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the attacks
in Israel for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER1, 2023
Ms. G
RANGER(for herself, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. SCALISE,
Mr. E
MMER, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr.
C
ISCOMANI, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mr.
O
GLES, Ms. VANDUYNE, Mr. KEANof New Jersey, Mr. GOODENof
Texas, Mr. L
AMBORN, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. ADERHOLT,
Mr. C
ARTERof Texas, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. JACKSONof Texas, Mr.
E
LLZEY, Mr. MIKEGARCIAof California, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. NEWHOUSE,
Mr. J
OYCEof Ohio, Ms. DELACRUZ, Mr. MORAN, Mr. SCOTTFRANK-
LINof Florida, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. CARL, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. LATURNER,
Ms. L
ETLOW, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. CLYDE, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mrs.
H
INSON, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota, Mr.
C
RENSHAW, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. HUNT, Mr. TONYGONZALESof Texas,
Mr. A
MODEI, Mr. FRY, Mr. WILSONof South Carolina, Mr. LAMALFA,
Mrs. C
AMMACK, Mr. ZINKE, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. NUNNof Iowa, Mr.
K
USTOFF, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. THOMPSONof Penn-
sylvania, Mr. W
ILLIAMSof New York, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. COLE, Mr.
B
URCHETT, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. VANDREW,
Mr. W
ESTERMAN, Mr. AUSTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. ALFORD, Mr.
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MITHof Nebraska, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. ROGERSof Kentucky, Mr.
V
ALADAO, Mr. SELF, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. GUEST, Mrs. CHAVEZ-
D
EREMER, Mr. BACON, Mr. FERGUSON, Mrs. RODGERSof Washington,
Mr. B
ALDERSON, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mrs.
S
TEEL, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. BEANof Florida, Mr. CAREY,
Mr. G
UTHRIE, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. DUNNof Florida, Mr. ROSE, Mr.
S
MITHof New Jersey, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. PENCE, Mr. FLOOD, Mr.
L
UTTRELL, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. KELLYof Pennsylvania, and Mr.
G
REENof Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on
the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond
to the attacks in Israel for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-5
poses, namely: 6
TITLE I 7
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 8
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 9
O
PERATION ANDMAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 10
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-12
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $4,400,000,000, to remain avail-13
able until September 30, 2025, to respond to the attacks 14
in Israel: Provided, That such amounts may be transferred 15
to accounts under the headings ‘‘Operation and Mainte-16
nance’’ and ‘‘Procurement’’ for replacement of defense ar-17
ticles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, and 18
for reimbursement for defense services of the Department 19
of Defense and military education and training, provided 20
to Israel or identified and notified to Congress for provi-21
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sion to Israel: Provided further, That funds transferred 1
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be merged with and 2
available for the same purposes and for the same time pe-3
riod as the appropriations to which the funds are trans-4
ferred: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 5
shall notify the congressional defense committees of the 6
details of such transfers not less than 15 days before any 7
such transfer: Provided further, That upon a determina-8
tion that all or part of the funds transferred from this 9
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 10
under this heading, such amounts may be transferred back 11
and merged with this appropriation: Provided further, 12
That any transfer authority provided under this heading 13
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 14
law: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 15
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 16
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 17
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 18
PROCUREMENT 19
P
ROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 20
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-21
munition, Army’’, $801,400,000, to remain available until 22
September 30, 2026, to respond to the attacks in Israel: 23
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 24
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 25
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 2
W
EAPONSPROCUREMENT, NAVY 3
For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Procure-4
ment, Navy’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until Sep-5
tember 30, 2026, to respond to the attacks in Israel: Pro-6
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 7
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 8
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 9
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 10
M
ISSILEPROCUREMENT, AIRFORCE 11
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 12
Air Force’’, $38,600,000, to remain available until Sep-13
tember 30, 2026, to respond to the attacks in Israel: Pro-14
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 15
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 16
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 17
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 18
P
ROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 19
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, De-20
fense-Wide’’, $4,000,000,000, to remain available until 21
September 30, 2026, for the Secretary of Defense to pro-22
vide to the Government of Israel for the procurement of 23
the Iron Dome and David’s Sling defense systems to 24
counter short-range rocket threats: Provided, That such 25
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funds shall be transferred pursuant to an exchange of let-1
ters and are in addition to funds provided pursuant to the 2
U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as 3
amended: Provided further, That nothing under this head-4
ing shall be construed to apply to amounts made available 5
in prior appropriations Acts for the procurement of the 6
Iron Dome and David’s Sling defense systems: Provided 7
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 8
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 9
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 11
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 12
EVALUATION 13
R
ESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST ANDEVALUATION, 14
D
EFENSE-WIDE 15
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 16
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-17
ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, 18
$1,350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 19
2025, to respond to the attacks in Israel, of which 20
$1,200,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to 21
provide to the Government of Israel for the development 22
of the Iron Beam defense system to counter short-range 23
rocket threats: Provided, That such funds shall be trans-24
ferred pursuant to an exchange of letters: Provided fur-25
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ther, That nothing in the preceding proviso shall be con-1
strued to apply to amounts made available in prior appro-2
priations Acts for the development of the Iron Beam de-3
fense system: Provided further, That such amounts may 4
be transferred to ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ for the 5
production of such system: Provided further, That the Sec-6
retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 7
committees of the details of such transfers not less than 8
15 days before any such transfer: Provided further, That 9
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-10
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 11
purposes provided under this heading, such amounts may 12
be transferred back and merged with this appropriation: 13
Provided further, That any transfer authority provided 14
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-15
thority provided by law: Provided further, That such 16
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 17
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 18
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 19
1985, as amended. 20
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 21
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EC. 101. Section 12001 of the Department of De-22
fense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287), as 23
amended by Public Law 115–141, is amended as follows: 24
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(1) In paragraph (2) of subsection (a), by strik-1
ing ‘‘armor’’ and all that follows through the end of 2
the paragraph and inserting ‘‘defense articles that 3
are in the inventory of the Department of Defense 4
as of the date of transfer, are intended for use as 5
reserve stocks for Israel, and are located in a stock-6
pile for Israel as of the date of transfer’’; 7
(2) In subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least 8
equal to the fair market value of the items trans-9
ferred’’ and inserting ‘‘in an amount to be deter-10
mined by the Secretary of Defense’’; and 11
(3) In subsection (c), by striking ‘‘30’’ and in-12
serting ‘‘15’’, and by inserting ‘‘Appropriations,’’ 13
after ‘‘Committees on’’ in both places it occurs. 14
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EC. 102. During fiscal year 2024, section 514(b) of 15
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)) 16
shall not apply to defense articles to be set aside, ear-17
marked, reserved, or intended for use as reserve stocks 18
in stockpiles in the State of Israel. 19
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EC. 103. Not later than 30 days after the date of 20
enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter 21
through fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in co-22
ordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide a 23
written report to the Committees on Appropriations, 24
Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-25
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resentatives and the Committees on Appropriations, 1
Armed Services, and Foreign Relations of the Senate de-2
scribing United States security assistance provided to 3
Israel since the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel, 4
including a comprehensive list of the defense articles and 5
services provided to Israel and the associated authority 6
and funding used to provide such articles and services: 7
Provided, That such report shall be submitted in unclassi-8
fied form, but may be accompanied by a classified annex. 9
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EC. 104. Concurrent with any notification of assist-10
ance made pursuant to section 506(b)(1) of the Foreign 11
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1)), the Sec-12
retary of Defense shall submit a written notification to 13
the congressional defense committees that contains a de-14
scription of the defense articles and defense services to 15
be furnished, including the quantity, approximate value, 16
and an estimate of the cost to replace such article or an 17
equivalent capability; and a timeline for the delivery of 18
such defense articles and defense services. 19
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TITLE II 1
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 2
AGENCY 3
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 4
A
DMINISTRATION OFFOREIGNAFFAIRS 5
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 6
For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-7
grams’’, $150,000,000, to remain available until Sep-8
tember 30, 2025, for responding to the attacks in Israel 9
and areas impacted by the attacks in Israel, including for 10
crisis response and relocation support for Mission Israel, 11
of which $100,000,000 shall be available until expended 12
for Worldwide Security Protection to sustain requirements 13
for Mission Israel and other United States missions af-14
fected by the attacks in Israel: Provided, That such 15
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 16
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 17
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 18
1985, as amended. 19
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 20
SERVICE 21
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergencies in the 22
Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, $50,000,000, to re-23
main available until September 30, 2025, for emergency 24
evacuation of United States Government personnel and 25
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citizens in Israel and in countries in the region impacted 1
by the attacks in Israel: Provided, That such amount is 2
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 3
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-4
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amend-5
ed. 6
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 7
F
UNDSAPPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 8
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 9
For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-10
nancing Program’’, $3,500,000,000, to remain available 11
until September 30, 2025, to respond to the attacks in 12
Israel: Provided, That funds made available under this 13
heading in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 14
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-15
lated programs for fiscal year 2024, in addition to funds 16
otherwise available for such purposes, may be used by the 17
Department of State for necessary expenses for the gen-18
eral costs of administering military assistance and sales, 19
including management and oversight of such programs 20
and activities: Provided further, That, to the extent that 21
the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for 22
such purposes, grants made available for Israel under this 23
heading shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, 24
be available for advanced weapons systems, of which up 25
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to $3,500,000,000 may be available for the procurement 1
in Israel of defense articles and defense services: Provided 2
further, That any congressional notification requirement 3
applicable to funds made available under this heading for 4
Israel may be waived if a determination is made that ex-5
traordinary circumstances exist that impact the national 6
security of the United States: Provided further, That such 7
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 8
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 9
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 10
1985, as amended. 11
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 12
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EC. 201. (a) During fiscal year 2024, and subject 13
to subsection (b), section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assist-14
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1)) shall be applied 15
by substituting ‘‘$2,500,000,000’’ for ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 16
(b) Subsection (a) shall not take effect unless the 17
Secretary of State determines and reports to the appro-18
priate congressional committees that the exercise of the 19
authority of such subsection is necessary to respond to the 20
situation in Israel. 21
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EC. 202. Not later than 30 days after the date of 22
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 23
to the Committees on Appropriations a report on the pro-24
posed uses of funds appropriated by this title to respond 25
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to the situation in Israel: Provided, That such report shall 1
be updated and submitted to such Committees every 60 2
days thereafter until September 30, 2025, and every 180 3
days thereafter until all funds have been expended, and 4
shall include information detailing how estimates and as-5
sumptions contained in previous reports have changed, in-6
cluding obligations and expenditures. 7
TITLE III 8
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 9
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EC. 301. Each amount appropriated or made avail-10
able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-11
priated for the fiscal year involved. 12
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EC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in 13
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 14
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 15
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EC. 303. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 16
the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro-17
priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 18
and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 19
for fiscal year 2024. 20
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EC. 304. Each amount designated in this Act by the 21
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-22
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-23
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, shall be 24
available (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only 25
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if the President subsequently so designates all such 1
amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 2
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EC. 305. Any amount appropriated by this Act, des-3
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 4
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-5
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amend-6
ed, and subsequently so designated by the President, and 7
transferred pursuant to transfer authorities provided by 8
this Act shall retain such designation. 9
BUDGETARY OFFSETS 10
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EC. 306. (a) RESCISSION OFCERTAINBALANCES 11
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ADEAVAILABLE TO THE INTERNALREVENUESERV-12
ICE.—Of the unobligated balances of amounts appro-13
priated or otherwise made available for activities of the 14
Internal Revenue Service by paragraphs (1)(A)(ii), 15
(1)(A)(iii), (1)(B), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of section 10301 16
of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as the ‘‘Infla-17
tion Reduction Act of 2022’’) as of the date of the enact-18
ment of this Act, $14,300,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 19
(b) C
LASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARYEFFECTS.— 20
Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 21
Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 22
the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re-23
port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 24
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 25
budgetary effects of this section shall not be estimated— 26
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(1) for purposes of section 251 of such act; 1
(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com-2
mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 3
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 4
(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 5
3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 6
being included in an appropriation Act. 7
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Israel Security Supple-8
mental Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 9
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